I'm sure it's because of Knuckles/Magus, but I keep getting this feeling that Knuckles would win the match. picking against Knuckles just scares me after he screwed me so bad.
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That kind of attitude had people getting Kerrigan to the Sweet 16 last time though.

Facing Magus there, duh.
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I was about to make a joke about Knuckles being able to win if Knux/Luigi was in the first round...but Knuckles and Luigi both have been one-and-outs for every year they've made the contest. Luigi's always been seeded higher Knuckles too, now that I look at it.

Just fun-facts.
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yeah, but Kerrigan was an untested character who was weak as hell. Knuckles actually beat the division favourite.
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Jman_gamerX8:Link::me:Jay Solano.

Kerrigan was untested, but Blizzard wasn't. After Starcraft and Diablo, people were mighty scared of anything with Blizzard's namesake coming out and ****ing up their brackets.

As for the Samus situation, again...I don't take too much stock into her Lara massacre (who had plenty of reason to be overrated in 2k3, as well as plain just fall off the face of the earth after she was dropped entirely after AoD), and we never had a good number on Fisher after the 2k3 debacle. Her annihilation was more shocking thanks to Magus overrating Fisher than anything else.
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As for the Samus situation, again...I don't take too much stock into her Lara massacre (who had plenty of reason to be overrated in 2k3

lol becuz Zeldaz overrreted an wil luze to Vivi amirite?

we never had a good number on Fisher after the 2k3 debacle.

Yeah, but Fisher did get a new game between 2k3 and 2k4. That match also made Gordon look far worse than he did in 2k3, so it's obvious that something was amiss. Both Sam and Gordon look far better now than they did last year. I'd put more stock into a Ryu overperformance on Sonic than anything else.
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lol becuz Zeldaz overrreted an wil luze to Vivi amirite?

No, I was actually referring to Lara overperforming due to the second Tomb Raider movie releasing on the weekend of the match. The votals for that match are also EXTREMELY high for a match of those two's caliber, which suggests something went awry there.

Yeah, but Fisher did get a new game between 2k3 and 2k4.

That only calls for improvement, which doesn't mean that much if you're pathetic to begin with. We don't have a gauge for improvement thanks to Magus, so we don't really know.

That match also made Gordon look far worse than he did in 2k3, so it's obvious that something was amiss.

Meh, if anything, 2k3 could have been the abnormality. 2k2 GF and 2k4 GF aren't really that far off.

Both Sam and Gordon look far better now than they did last year.

GF had HL2, obviously, and Sam Fisher is extrapolated through Master Chief--which is what prompted me to say I was skeptical from the onset.

I'd put more stock into a Ryu overperformance on Sonic than anything else.

Perhaps an overperformance along with whatever Samus could have done (seeing as he and KOS-MOS were the biggest disappointments by far), but it doesn't satisfy my questions. I don't think Samus was ever that legitimately strong, or Mario was ever legitimately that weak. Of course, it could be nothing, and just backlash from Mario v. Crono underrating Mario or something like that, but it just doesn't sit well with me.
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Ryu probably dropped because of the voters this year being hevaly Nintendo baised and Nintendo fans don't care about fighters besides SSBM and Scrub Calibur 2.

The votals for that match are also EXTREMELY high for a match of those two's caliber, which suggests something went awry there.

Zelda's match with Snake was #1 this tournament, and her match with Vivi was #7. She's a great vote draw.

Perhaps an overperformance along with whatever Samus could have done (seeing as he and KOS-MOS were the biggest disappointments by far), but it doesn't satisfy my questions. I don't think Samus was ever that legitimately strong, or Mario was ever legitimately that weak. Of course, it could be nothing, and just backlash from Mario v. Crono underrating Mario or something like that, but it just doesn't sit well with me.

She's closer to a stronger Mega Man in 2k2 than he is in 2k3.
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Congrats to Jman, for knowing that on GameFAQs, men are always > women.

If Snake underperformed against Bowser, then he probably did the same against Zelda. Nope, I can't believe that his pictures made much of a difference. Vivi and Ryu are low enough, anyway. :P

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Jman_gamerX8 beat me in the Guru Challenge! *gives Jman a glass of punch and a slice of cake*

Well, I have no clue what I have missed, so I will be doing some catching up this weekend. Winter contest anyone??? =)

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Jman_gamerX8 beat me silly in the Guru contest, and that makes me a sad Panda.

A winter contest would be fantastic, except that it's absolutely ruin me on Finals.
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Congrats, for your dominance has now been compared to priest-sex.

you haven't missed much - x-stats adjustment conversation and people making game brackets. other than that, it's pretty slow.
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I'd take Luigi over Knuckles...Nintendo characters in general boosted quite a bit more than Sonic did, and Luigi (along with Kirby) received the largest boost of them all. Knuckles wouldn't have beaten Luigi by much before this year (at best).

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Jman_gamerX8 beat me in the Guru Challenge! *gives Jman a glass of punch and a slice of cake*

We need a 128 game contest starting in the winter.
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8, who pwned all the Gurus in SC2k5!

...and two matches a day at that.

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Jman_gamerX8 beat me in the Guru Challenge! *gives Jman a glass of punch and a slice of cake*

...and two matches a day at that.

Two matches a day would be silly, a four month contest would be much better...especially if it started on May 1st. Starts right after classes end, finishes right before classes begin. Absolutely fabulous.
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Congrats to Jman, for knowing that on GameFAQs, men are always > women.

Quick question, and much needed bump apparently, but are their any non-Noble Nine characters who have only lost to Noble Nine characters?
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Bowser comes to mind, as has Zero and probably a select few others (not counting fodder here).
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Congrats, for your dominance has now been compared to priest-sex.

Quick question, and much needed bump apparently, but are their any non-Noble Nine characters who have only lost to Noble Nine characters?

None that have been in every contest. Characters that have been in three include Bowser, Zero, and Squall for first three.
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Zelda and Aeris as well.
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And Vincent and Tifa, of course.
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If Jman_gamerX8 is so smart, how come he didn't destroy me in the Guru competition?
Oh wait, he did.

Quick question, and much needed bump apparently, but are their any non-Noble Nine characters who have only lost to Noble Nine characters?

Bowser (Cloud, Mario, Snake)
Zero (Sonic, Mega Man, Mario)
Aeris (Snake, Sonic)
Fox McCloud (Cloud, Link)
Zelda (Mega Man, Snake)
Frog (Snake, Samus)

Characters on the list before SC2K5: Squall Leonhart, Tidus, Ryu, Magus
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I felt the wrath of JMan_gamerX8 in the guru contest >_<

I only included characters that have had 2+ matches BTW
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I felt the wrath of JMan_gamerX8 in the guru contest >_<

Tidus lost to Ganon...
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Congrats to Jman, for knowing that on GameFAQs, men are always > women.

Don't forget:

Ken (Samus, Sonic)
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Errr, Tidus should have been Auron. *slaps head*
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I felt the wrath of JMan_gamerX8 in the guru contest >_<

so what are we gonna discuss till spring?
i can't see us discussing past matches over and over again.
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Heh, sc2k5.com made it onto KSOT's site.

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Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, Advance Wars 2, We <3 Katamari

Zelda's match with Snake was #1 this tournament, and her match with Vivi was #7. She's a great vote draw.

But not THAT great--her match with Lara is the number 3 highest voted match of all time between non-Noble Niners, right on the heels of Squall/Luigi and Tidus/Ganon (which was close).

The other thing was, that even though the trends of 2k3 were to gain more and more votes in the later rounds, she couldn't match the total votes of her match with Lara in her second round match against Mega Man.

She's closer to a stronger Mega Man in 2k2 than he is in 2k3.

LOL, WDF.

But on a more serious note, Samus is NOT closer to Mega 2k2 than Mario is to Mega 2k3 (Mario and Mega are in a dead heat in 2k3, their performances on Sephiroth were nearly identical). I'm skeptical that Mega Man was ever any weaker in 2k3 than he was in 2k2. And I'm EXTREMELY skeptical that Samus, with no games backing her up other than Super Metroid, was able to surpass Mario in what may very well have been his best year, stats be damned. Call it WDF, call it Mario underperforming against Link, but whatever you call it, I don't buy Samus being stronger.
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WDF never existed. MM was constant from 2k2 to 2k3 and Link obviously rose a lot. With Mario being SFF'ed and the KHF more than half of the characters that returned were obviously up, and the ones that looked like they weren't were from the same area because they were amoung the few that we got a good read on.
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Jman_gamerX8 teamed up with Mario to kick my ass!

Which would mean basically the same thing in the end--Mario was higher than Samus. Call it what you will.
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For the first time ever, Solid Snake has made the Final Four! Believe it.

My character-by-character analysis is now done. I'll be posting it in a separate topic later today.
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Jon Thomson - inferior to Jman_gamerX8. Pesky Crono.

KSOT?

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Cheer up Emo kids. Nominate Prince of Persia for 2K6.

http://www.ksot.com/BoardsFAQ.html

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Intresting little site, can't believe I've never heard about it before though.

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Cheer up Emo kids. Nominate Prince of Persia for 2K6.

Eh, it happens. I used to be an MBH junkie, so I know most of GF's little ins and outs.

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Currently Playing: Fire Emblem 8, Advance Wars 2, We <3 Katamari

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is in the lead on the PotD. Never really expected many people hyping for a handheld game (LCS is in 2nd), but the other options aren't that good anyways.
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Congrats to Jman_gamerX8 for winning the Guru Contest.

My character-by-character analysis is now done. I'll be posting it in a separate topic later today.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=23827633

It's a lengthy read, but not stupidly long.
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Jon Thomson - inferior to Jman_gamerX8. Pesky Crono.

Skimming over it, not too bad, except for giving Crono waaaay too much credit. He just stunk this year.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

By the way, does anyone have that bracket based on board nominations I concocted during the nomination period? I'm sure some freak has all these topics archived and laughs his ass off at how stupid we once were (and if that's the case, don't bother looking after 187, I remember it being the one where the whole George Romero thing went down).

Anyway, if anyone finds the bracket, it'd be fun to predict it after the contest is done with.
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What online fan couldn't get behind Trevor Murdoch? I mean, finally, a wrestler with our physique! -Sean Carless

I know that I'd be tempted to pick whoever the 16-seed is that gets to face Kerrigan, heh.
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Congrats, for your dominance has now been compared to priest-sex.

Man. I totally forgot about that. Now I desperately want to know what kind of cannon fodder had a shot at winning a match over a top seed.
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TRE's archives them, but it seems like it only goes up to a certain point. we'll have to get him in here. I'd rather like to read pre-contest predictions myself, just for humour's sake.

*summons TRE*
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I'm sure some freak has all these topics archived and laughs his ass off at how stupid we once were

*cough*

I won't be home for another 10 and a half hours or so though so you'll have to wait until then.

TRE's archives them, but it seems like it only goes up to a certain point. we'll have to get him in here. I'd rather like to read pre-contest predictions myself, just for humour's sake.

I archived all the stats topics starting from when the nominations opened to when the contest closes for the Spring and Summer 2005 Contest. For older topics you need to check sc2k4.com. Unfortunatly there is a large gap between when sc2k4 stopped archiving topics and when I started so a lot of topics were lost.
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yo I fully expect you to create a Prince Of Persia army, and for me to be your loyal flunky.

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Jman owned me so hard that I got sent to purg.
Cheer up Emo kids. Nominate Prince of Persia for 2K6.

From: RPGuy96 | Posted: 9/29/2005 10:28:27 PM | Message Detail | #046
We need a 128 game contest starting in the winter.

From: Haste2 | Posted: 9/29/2005 10:30:27 PM | Message Detail | #047
...and two matches a day at that.

a 128 character or game match with two polls side by side is an idea that i've always supported. vote totals for each match would be a little lower than usual, but i still think it would work.

also, over five hours without a post? ah, the off-season is nice. now i might be able to keep up. ^_^

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